Category: Bucks County Intermediate Unit

Mobile Fab Lab Coordinator, Matthew Hayden, introduces Finch robots to the class and is showing them how they will be able to code the robots to move. Photo Credit: Pennridge School District

Bucks IU Fab Lab Awarded $450,000 PAsmart Grant for Mobile Fab Lab Expansion

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) Fab Lab is the proud recip­i­ent of a $450,000 PAsmart Innovation Grant to expand its incred­i­bly suc­cess­ful Mobile Fab Lab pro­gram. PAsmart grants are intend­ed to expand access to com­put­er sci­ence and sci­ence, tech­nol­o­gy, engi­neer­ing, and math (STEM) edu­ca­tion for … Read more...

Preschooler getting individual support services in preparation of moving up to Kindergarten.

Collaboration is Key to the Bucks IU Preschool Early Intervention Kindergarten Transition Process

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

Each year, approx­i­mate­ly 4,000 stu­dents receive Preschool Early Intervention (PEI) ser­vices from the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) at loca­tions across the coun­ty. The Bucks IU’s PEI ser­vices are specif­i­cal­ly tai­lored to help preschool­ers max­i­mize their growth and devel­op­men­tal gains before start­ing kinder­garten. Of these … Read more...

Students work an assembly line to colect itemms for each stocking

2,330 Stockings Completed by Students of the Bucks IU at Samuel Everitt in Their 6th Annual Stockings for Soldiers Program

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

Neither rain nor sleet nor lim­i­ta­tions due to a pan­dem­ic will keep the stu­dents of the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) at Samuel Everitt from com­plet­ing their annu­al Stockings for Soldiers pro­gram.  In this 6th year, dona­tions of the var­i­ous items to put into the stock­ings, as … Read more...

Dr. Lindsey Sides interviews Lily about what she loves about being at the Fab Lab.

Fab Lab Center Holds a ‘Brunch and Learn FUNdraiser’ to Support STEAM Education Expansion

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

When chil­dren are asked what FAB stands for at the Fab Lab Center in Warminster PA, they excit­ed­ly shout “FABulous!” They may not be tech­ni­cal­ly cor­rect, but it is won­der­ful know­ing this is how they feel about this Fabrication Laboratory (Fab Lab) and the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, … Read more...

Bucks IU at Pearl S Buck school main entrance

Bucks IU Expands Services with the Opening of theBucks IU at Pearl S. Buck

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

To meet the grow­ing demand for spe­cial­ized stu­dent ser­vices, on Friday, September 5, 2025, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) offi­cial­ly opened new pro­grams in the for­mer Pearl S. Buck Elementary School, on Top Road in Levittown, PA. This expan­sion reflects the Bucks IU’s ongo­ing com­mit­ment … Read more...

Fab Lab Center is Poewered by the Bucks IU

$200k Grant Enables the Bucks IU Fab Lab Center’s Career Awareness Program

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

Secretary Rick Siger, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), has announced that the Shapiro Administration is invest­ing $200,000 in the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) Fab Lab’s Career Awareness Program. This new pro­gram will offer Bucks County mid­dle school stu­dents hands-on learn­ing expe­ri­ences in … Read more...